Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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“I looked through and was conscious of two glowing eyes, and of a vague figure huddled up in the darkness.

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“ ‘Look in here!’ said Mr. Rucastle, showing me a slit between two planks. ‘Is he not a beauty?’

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“Pray continue,” said Holmes. “Your narrative promises to be a most interesting one.”

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“I did as I was told, and at the same instant Mrs. Rucastle drew down the blind. That was a week ago, and from that time I have not sat again in the window, nor have I worn the blue dress, nor seen the man in the road.”

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“ ‘No, no, we should have him loitering here always. Kindly turn round and wave him away like that.’

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“ ‘Surely it would be better to take no notice.’

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“ ‘Dear me! How very impertinent! Kindly turn round and motion to him to go away.’

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“ ‘No, I know no one in these parts.’

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“ ‘No friend of yours, Miss Hunter?’ he asked.

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“ ‘Jephro,’ said she, ‘there is an impertinent fellow upon the road there who stares up at Miss Hunter.’

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“For two days after my arrival at the Copper Beeches my life was very quiet; on the third, Mrs. Rucastle came down just after breakfast and whispered something to her husband.

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“I am glad of all details,” remarked my friend, “whether they seem to you to be relevant or not.”

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“What can you not understand?”

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“In the first place, I may say that I have met, on the whole, with no actual ill-treatment from Mr. and Mrs. Rucastle. It is only fair to them to say that. But I cannot understand them, and I am not easy in my mind about them.”

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“Let us have everything in its due order.” Holmes thrust his long thin legs out towards the fire and composed himself to listen.

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“I will do so, and I must be quick, for I have promised Mr. Rucastle to be back before three. I got his leave to come into town this morning, though he little knew for what purpose.”

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“Pray tell us what has happened to you.”

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“I am so delighted that you have come,” she said earnestly. “It is so very kind of you both; but indeed I do not know what I should do. Your advice will be altogether invaluable to me.”

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The Black Swan is an inn of repute in the High Street, at no distance from the station, and there we found the young lady waiting for us. She had engaged a sitting-room, and our lunch awaited us upon the table.

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“What can be the matter, then? Can you suggest no explanation?”